The gravitational-wave memory effect is a lasting change in the relative configuration of freely falling test bodies after a transient gravitational wave has passed.
Displacement memory is a persistent change in the separation of freely falling bodies after a gravitational-wave pulse.
Velocity memory is a persistent change in the relative velocity of freely falling bodies after a gravitational-wave pulse.

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